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- Brain
Watching the Brain Learn to Read
As kids learn to read, the left side of the brain gradually takes over from the right.
- Health & Medicine
Sea Kids See Clearly Underwater
Sea-gypsy children spend so much time swimming that their eyes have adapted to improve vision underwater.
- Health & Medicine
Gut germs to the rescue
Many of the bacteria that live in our intestines may help keep us healthy.
- Brain
The Social Side of Baby Talk
A mother's body language can make her baby's babbles more like speech.
- Humans
Fossil skulls plug gap in human origins
Anthropologists have unearthed the oldest fossils of modern people ever found.
- Brain
Wobbly Babies: Smarter Than They Look?
Toddlers can make quick decisions about when to use a handrail while crossing a bridge.
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- Plants
Tracking the sun Improves plant pollen
Turning to face the sun helps snow buttercups make better pollen.
